Projectile and cannon.



P. WARMINSKI.

PROJECTILE AND CANNON. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19. 1918.

1 269,884. Patented June 18, 1918 FIG. 1 m 25 6 50 25 18 wardly of the casing 11 being designed to rinrrup STATES TATENT onmon Specification of Letters Patent.

more wAnMInsKI, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

PROJECTILE AND CANNON.

- Patented June 18, 1918.

Application filed January 19,1913. Serial no. 212,600.

hold a chargejof explosive material 19. A

fuse 20 extends through a plug 21 between 3 the dynamite 13 and the explosive material 19. It will be understood that when the torpedo is projected through the water, the V spiral tall 18 holds the same upon a straight course of travel. When the pin strikes a ship, the" dynamite 13' will be exploded, making a hole in theshipf through which the cap 14 and the tail 18 will enter and the fuse l becoming ignited, will fire the explosive 3 outside of a ship and'another within the A further. object of inventiontlie provision of a torpedo adapted to travel in a straight line through the water and constructed to explode upon striking the enemy ship,thereby permitting an auxiliary explosive portion of the projectile to readily enter the ship for exploding interiorly thereof. A still further object of the device is to providea double torpedo adapted for successively timed explosions and a cannon adapted for projecting the torpedo and having a breech firing mechanism for accommodating the device during the firing operation In the drawing forming a part of this application and. in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts l 1 throughout the several views.

Figure .1 is a central longitudinal sectional View through the device; i. Fig. 2 is a topplan view thereof;

. Fig.3is I same taken upon enlarged scale; and

r Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal sectional The torpedo 10 o .ing 11 having a chamber 12 therein for hold- U ing dynamite or other explosive material 13, acap 14 being screw-threaded into the base 1 ofthe casing to close the chamber. A firing 19 at a pointwithinthe ship, thereby fur- .ther damaging the ship.

My form of cannon 22 is especially designed forfiring the torpedo 10 andcomprises a barrel 23 having a bore 24 for rea transverse sectional view of the 1 view of the torpedofpartially broken away.

ceiving the casing 11 while the breech portion 25 of the gun projects rearwardly from the barrel 23 and has a bore 26 for the accommodation of the torpedo tail 18.

An enlarged portion 27 of the breech bore 26 contains a suitable charge of explosive material 28 for projecting the torpedo 10 as may be found desirable.

The lower or base portion 29 of the breech 25 is integrally formed with the barrel 23 while the upper half 30 of the breech is hingedly connected as at 31 with the lower half thereof. Suitable retaining and locking latches 32 are provided between the two portions 29 and 30 of the breech 25, whereby the breech may be maintained closed with the torpedo 10 and the charge 28 secured therein when the cannon is loaded. An exploding member 33 such as a spark or firing plug extends through the breech member 30having electric circuit wires 34: leading thereto, whereby the charge 28 may be exploded at any desired distance from the cannon 22, though it will be obvious that any other form of exploding member for the charge 28 may be employed if desired.

The complete operation of the device will be at once apparentfrom this detailed description of the torpedo 10 and the cannon 22 pin 15Qprojects forwardly of the tapered nose 16 of the casing. 11 with its inner end normally spacedfrom a fulminating cap 17 located in the forward end ofthe chamber j 12 and a t d for igniting the dynamite 13 when the pin 15 penetrates the said cap upon contacting an object. p j

" Atubular tail 18 of splral arrangement is carried by thecap 14: extending axially rearand the operation of each of the same, it be ing seen that the breech 25 is readily opened by releasing the latches 32, a handle 36 be ing provided upon the breech member 30 for swinging the same upon its hinges 31. A

serviceable destroying means is provided which is especially adapted for submarine destroyers as the torpedo 10 may be projected in a straight course throu h the water for penetrating a submarine and destroying the same. j

'5 What I el'aim'a new is j prising in combinationwith a cannon havng a barrel and a breech extension-arranged with a'loore a torpedo comprising a casingpositionable Within the cannon, an explosive f the tailand pin at'thej nose o f the l' 'pedm {s ap asi g 'h l g a ham r the n,-

torp d "*c mi r g.fa car ridg anr explosive. cap at the forward; endoit'j the chamber, a firingpin. for said cap at 'thejfora d n the easing, a threaded 'eloslire ally-ofthe torpedo arranged withjan QKPloa the'ba'se end of the oasingfla spiral tail centrally projecting from vsaid"lclc s1 1re axi- 1. A device of the; class described com sive chamber therein, and a fuse carried by said; closure having its opposite end ar-V ranged Within the casing and tail.

3; A/torpedo comprising the substantially cartridge-shaped casing having aflcha'mber therein, an exploding cap at the forward end of the casing; explosive materialfwithin said chambenafiringpin for said cap carried y h f ward end i q he a in @0 0- sure for merg r end iof't hje casing; a spiralap d t ng t i p ojectingffr m. sa

cating with the} interior of the" casing," "e2;-

p s v i fi tfeifial' f W t n t e ham e 60f s i a threa ed P g a r F y the lo l r twe n-the chamb rS--O aid= leasing and Z a h m ers; n wher by h a in ,a

a /a adapt d 0 ..,isu e s ve, x ns-i I ln' teetimonyfwhereof I' aflix my'rsign'ature.

Copies of this patent may'fqe obtaineqvt orjflve cents each, By addresginf the vcpiilml ssioiie'zjibt 52mm, 2'

n I V- washi n:ton',D.0. I a 1 

